Evening Edition: July 15

Deputies: This couple left an infant in a hot car

The baby, who was found covered in dirt, wearing a dirty diaper and wrapped in a blanket inside a hot car, looked like she had been "rolling in a dirt garden," according to officials. Eleven days ago, Amanda Colsgrove, 27, was found outside city limits next to a 1994 Dodge Caravan holding a sign that read "out of gas, infant inside," deputies say. Deputies were sent to the area after getting reports that Colgrove and another person, Dustin Bussard, 28, were seen panhandling. When deputies arrived, they allegedly found the 2-month-old girl in the van with the windows closed and no air conditioning on. The temperature was about 84 degrees, and the baby was in a car seat wrapped in a heavy fleece blanket, documents say. Both Colgrove and Bussard are charged with several counts of first-degree and second-degree child endangerment.

Who stole from this former NFL star?

A former NFL star who was in Springfield for a weekend celebrity event had his car broken into. Thieves hit Mel Gray's Toyota Tundra while it was parked at a North Glenstone hotel early last Thursday morning. The vehicle was even moved to a different parking spot. Later that day, a Springfield man called 911 about items he found on the ground on South Weller. Police matched that report with Gray's earlier theft report, and returned some of the stolen items to him. Gray who played wide receiver for the Cardinals from 1971 to 1982, and was selected for four consecutive Pro Bowls beginning in 1974.

Drowned Glendale assistant coach remembered for charisma

The body of the Glendale volunteer assistant football coach who drowned yesterday in Bull Shoals Lake has been recovered. Terrence Christian, 41, was swimming with family members near Cow Pen Cove when he disappeared after going under water. Glendale football coach Tyler Overstreet said the Falcons remembered Christian as a charismatic coach, but one who got his point across without raising his voice. Players looked up to Christian, who was often surrounded by dozens of kids during water breaks because he had a personality that everybody gravitated to, Overstreet said. Christian had previously coached at Parkview and Nixa.

Kum & Go near campus closes for renovation

The Kum & Go on Elm and Kimbrough will be closed until November in order to expand. The convenience store will more than double in size to about 5,000 square feet and increase from eight to 18 pumps. An apartment building behind the store will be torn down to make way for the renovation, which will make the store look similar to the one at the intersection of National and Division. The company, which has more than 400 locations in 11 states, has put an emphasis on larger stores in recent years.

Man gets life for killing woman, burning corpse

The man who killed a woman and then burned her body received a life sentence. Jay Rothe, 66, insisted throughout the hearing that the February 2012 death of Linda Riley was an accident. He admitted to hitting her, but said she fell and hit her head, which caused her death. A week after Riley disappeared, Rothe told investigators he accidentally killed Riley after she spurned his advances, and then took her body to a secluded area off Stockton near Aldrich, where he fished while he burned the body in a fire pit. Rothe will serve at least 12 years in prison before he will be eligible for parole.

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Evening Edition: July 15

Deputies: This couple left an infant in a hot car
The baby, who was found covered in dirt, wearing a dirty diaper and wrapped in a blanket inside a hot car, looked like she had been 'rolling in a